Balu, Kanke

Balu is a village located in the Kanke Subdivision of Ranchi district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Kanke block and comes under Kokdoro Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Ranchi parliament constituency and Kanke assembly constituency.

As on June 2025, the current population of Balu is 1.4 thousands out of which 711 are males and rest 643 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 904 females per 1000 males. There are around 181 teenagers in Balu. It has literacy rate of 70% which means around 952 persons can read and write. Total 174 people belonging to scheduled caste and 284 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 267 households in Balu, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 742. The pincode of Balu is 834001 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ranchi GPO
• Kokar Sub Post office
• Lalpur SO Ranchi
• Ranchi Court Sub Post office
• Chutia Sub Post office

Schools

Balu has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt Primary School Balu
• Upgrade Primary School Barhu Barwatoli

Banks

Balu has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• AU Small Finance Bank Lalpur Ranchi
• Bank of Baroda Ranchi
• Bank of Baroda Lalpur Chowk, Jharkhand
• Bank of Baroda Ranchi Branch
• Bank of Baroda Stressed Recovery